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It just struck my mind that there seems to be a comparison between the Holiday Magic "pyramid company" and the Thai Traffic Police. They seem to be organized the same way; The man at the bottom pays the man above, who pays the man above, who etc. etc etc. This seems to be an ongoing patter...

Unlike my last two seat-belt fines, which were 120 Euros each. Now that's what I call a real extortion racket. Ka-Ching! :thumb: In an increasing number of European countries traffic police has transformed into collection agencies for government financing, regardless of traffic safety. The most com...

I'd be careful if you're planning on using one of those on the main roads. I just don't think they're fast enough/have quick enough acceleration to ride down pekestcham safely. I agree. They would normally be 50cc and limited to a speed of 30 or 45 km/h. Acceleration and speed far to slow to run on...

Be careful - do stop if they wave you over. I ignored a cop once who blew his whistle on me when I made a U-turn on Petchkasem near the post office. This was not a road block but the usual booth cop on duty. He jumped on his motorbike and caught be down the road. He insisted I follow him to the poli...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finally a website that is useful for downloading the vids from YouTube if you dont want to use a secondary program like FlashGet or plugin for FireFox like Download Helper. ***** stick the address in the search bar, click on it and allow the small flash application to run, then se...

Clever people, those LEGO people. Talk about product placement!

BaaBaa. wrote:
In England it's traditional to have Kebabs after a proper piss-up.

The time for Thaifoodies to start worrying is when the food stalls stop serving Thai food and the Binterburger starts appearing all round town. Let's face it; with the increased flow of wealthy Bangkokians into Hua Hin, HH is becoming more and more --well, what's the expression -- internationalized...

Saying "Hello here" Not quite new to Hua Hin